Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

As night fell across western Thailand, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from the rocks and took up its perch. Its “large” eyes scanned the landscape, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Nearby ...

In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

A 10% U.S. tariff on Chinese goods went into effect at midnight Tuesday and China responded with a tariff as well. China and ...

China announced retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products on Tuesday, shortly after the Trump administration's 10% tariff on ...

These photographs, taken before 1944, provided key details about this dinosaur species. This newly identified predatory dinosaur species inhabited North Africa around 95 million years ago ...

The Anaheim Ducks are 1-3-0 on their current season-long six-game road trip and their 2024-25 season might be slipping away. They left for their trip after the best results-based stretch of the ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Two duck hunters scouting a wooded area in rural North Carolina ended up finding human remains, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest grim discovery made by hunters in recent months. The human ...